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Increased sinusoidal volume and solute extraction during retrograde liver perfusion.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2735410     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Retrograde isolated liver perfusion has been used to probe acinar functional heterogeneity, but the hemodynamic effects of backward flow have not been characterized. In this study, extraction of a long-chain fatty acid derivative, 12-N-methyl-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-amino stearate (12-NBDS), was greater during retrograde than during anterograde perfusion of isolated rat liver. To determine whether hemodynamic differences between anterograde and retrograde perfused livers could account for this finding, the hepatic extracellular space was measured for both directions of flow by means of [14C]sucrose washout during perfusion as well as by direct measurement of [14C]sucrose entrapped during perfusion. A three- to fourfold enlargement of the total hepatic extracellular space was found during retrograde perfusion by both approaches. Examination of perfusion-fixed livers by light microscopy and morphometry revealed that marked distension of the sinusoids occurred during retrograde perfusion and that this accounts for the observed increase in the [14C]sucrose space. These findings support the hypothesis that maximum resistance to perfusate flow in the isolated perfused rat liver is located at the presinusoidal level. In addition, increased transit time of perfusate through the liver and greater sinusoidal surface area resulting from sinusoidal distension may account for the higher extraction of 12-NBDS and possibly other compounds by retrograde perfused liver.
Authors:
N M Bass; J A Manning; R A Weisiger
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The American journal of physiology     Volume:  256     ISSN:  0002-9513     ISO Abbreviation:  Am. J. Physiol.     Publication Date:  1989 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-07-18     Completed Date:  1989-07-18     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370511     Medline TA:  Am J Physiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  G1041-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan / analogs & derivatives,  metabolism
Animals
Carbon Radioisotopes
Kinetics
Liver / cytology,  physiology*
Liver Circulation*
Male
Perfusion
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Stearates / metabolism
Sucrose / metabolism
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
AM-26743/AM/NIADDK NIH HHS; DK-32898/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS; DK-32926/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Carbon Radioisotopes; 0/Stearates; 10199-89-0/4-Chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan; 117056-67-4/12-N-methyl-7-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazolamino stearate; 57-50-1/Sucrose

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